Labour Tighten Their Stranglehold on the Borough

Conservatives lose their only remaining seats outside Chiswick

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Council leader Steve Curran in front of a predominantly red map of the borough

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Labour has taken every Council seat in the borough of Hounslow outside of Chiswick in the local elections held on 3 May.

The failure of the Conservatives to hold their two seats in the Osterley and Spring Grove ward means that all of their nine seats in the Council are in the W4 area. Labour has the other 51.

Composition of Hounslow Council

Party No. of Seats
  2018 2014 2010 2006
Labour
51
49
35
35
Conservative
9
11
25
25
Liberal Democrat
0
0
0
3
Independent
0
0
0
10

Local wards in Brentford and Syon had their results announced early and Labour retained all the seats they held there comfortably giving an indication of the way people had voted across the borough.

The first ward to declare in the Brentford and Isleworth area was Brentford which Labour held with a majority similar to the last election. Turnout in the ward was low at just 33.9% which was below the borough average of 36.1% Mel Collins, Guy Lambert and Corinna Smart elected to the Council in this ward.

Hounslow Council leader Steve Curran topped the poll in the vote in Syon ward. He was re-elected along with his two Labour colleagues. They achieved an increase in their vote and the size of the majority although the latter was helped by no Community candidates standing this time. Turnout in the ward was slightly disappointing at 35.9%

Isleworth was held by Labour with a significantly increased majority and nearly a thousand votes each between their candidates and the second placed Conservatives.

The big disappointment for the opposition was in Osterley and Spring Grove where it was hoped that long serving Councillor Sheila O'Reilly would be re-elected. However, although she attracted a considerable personal vote the three Labour candidates won their seats by a substantial margin.

Wards in which the opposition was hoping to make up ground such as Hounslow South also was held by Labour with a sizeable majority.

Even in Chiswick the Conservatives were under pressure and held onto one seat in Turnham Green ward by just 142 prompting local MP Ruth Cadbury to describe it as the best performance by the party in that area for 20 years.

Brentford Ward

Labour Hold

Name Party Votes % Elected
 Melvin Barrie Collins

Labour

2,319 20.3%
Yes
 Guy Lambert

Labour

2,241 19.6%
Yes
 Corinna Margaret Mary Smart

Labour

2,118 18.5%
Yes
 Christian Vinante Giovannini

Conservative

921 8.0%
 Alex Gewanter

Conservative

857 7.5%
 Victoria Louise George

Green Party

811 7.1%
 Kinsuk Bobin Mitra-Thakur

Conservative

789 6.9%
 Tom Beaton

Green Party

573 5.0%
 Tony Firkins

Green Party

570 5.0%
 Torron-Lee Dewar

Independent

250 2.2%
Total  
11,449
 

Syon Ward

Labour Hold

Name Party Votes % Elected
 Steve Curran

Labour

1,963 50.8%
Yes
 Katherine Sarah Dunne

Labour

1,950 50.4%
Yes
 Theo Christopher Dennison

Labour

1,829 47.3%
Yes
 Robert Oulds

Conservative

1,024 26.5%
 Ryan David Harrild

Conservative

994 25.7%
 Satvinder Pal Singh Buttar

Conservative

927 24.0%
 Fiona Claire McIver-Wilson

Green Party

492 12.7%
 Andrea Marsha Louise Black

Green Party

479 12.4%
 Jack Piers Ballentyne

Liberal Democrats

446 11.5%
 Phyllis Ann Van Der Esch

Liberal Democrats

375 9.7%
 Stefan Edward Wells

Green Party

356 9.2%
 Steven John Parker

Liberal Democrats

328 8.5%
Total   11,163

Isleworth Ward

Labour Hold

Name Party Votes % Elected

Sampson, Sue

Labour

1,919 19.0%
Yes

Shaheen, Salman

Labour

1,710 17.0%
Yes

Saeed, Daanish

Labour

1,674 16.6%
Yes

Jarche, May

Conservative

812 8.1%

Alapati, Chandra

Conservative

789 7.8%

Jarche, Nada

Conservative

750 7.4%

Thorpe, Robert

Liberal Democrats

570 5.7%

Bourke, Joe

Liberal Democrats

495 4.9%

Asghar, Henna

Liberal Democrats

483 4.8%

Warren, Rebecca

Green Party

357 3.5%

Hatton, Andrew

Green Party

198 2.0%

Ferris, John

Green Party

195 1.9%

Griffiths, David W.

- 124 1.2%
Total  
10,076
 


Osterley and Spring Grove Ward

Labour Gain Two Seats

Name Party Votes % Elected

Louki, Tony

Labour

2,201 19.6%
Yes

Eason, Richard

Labour

1,971 17.6%
Yes

Chaudri, Unsa

Labour

1,904 17.0%
Yes

O'Reilly, Sheila Margaret

Conservative

1,420 12.7%

Torto, Cynthia

Conservative

1,166 10.4%

Singh, Maneesh

Conservative

1,154 10.3%

James, John

Liberal Democrats

306 2.7%

Grassi, Emily

Green Party

272 2.4%

Scott, Luke James

Green Party

217 1.9%

Smart, Andrew

Green Party

213 1.9%

Bourke, Desmond

Liberal Democrats

204 1.8%

Bourke, Sean

Liberal Democrats

177 1.6%
Total  
11,205
 

 

May 4, 2018

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